Microsoft Exchange Hosting Provider Elephant Outlook Standardizes on 4Gb/s EMC(R) CLARiiON(R) UltraScale(TM) CX3-20 Systems for Continuous Replication to Maximize Performance, Functionality and Reliability

TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Elephant Outlook, a leading email messaging provider of business-critical Microsoft Exchange Hosting, today announced it has standardized its information infrastructure on multiple EMC CLARiiON CX3-20 networked storage systems to deliver more flexibility, scalability and performance to its mission-critical email infrastructure. The new end-to-end 4 gigabit-per-second (Gb/s) Fibre Channel EMC CLARiiON UltraScale architecture will provide the foundation for Elephant Outlook's managed Microsoft Exchange 2007 hosting service. The new hardware strategy will increase fault tolerance, service availability and service continuity.

"EMC CLARiiON provides the transactional I/O and performance needed to satisfy the higher demands of a managed and hosted email environment," said Ingram Leedy, managing partner of Elephant Outlook. "The EMC CLARiiON CX3 UltraScale series has exceeded our high disk I/O operations per second (IOPS) requirements. The infrastructure will deliver higher speed and reliable access to e-mail, calendars, contacts, and attachments demanded by our customers' needs."

Continuous replication is a new Microsoft Exchange 2007 feature in which Microsoft Exchange databases and log files are copied to a secondary location. The databases being accessed by clients contain the active copy of the database, and the databases in the secondary location contain the passive copy of the database. To provide the highest levels of storage resiliency, Elephant Outlook will utilize independent EMC CLARiiON CX3-20 storage arrays that are isolated from the active copy's storage array.

"By utilizing multiple EMC CLARiiON CX3-20 arrays, we have the flexibility of offering geographically disperse cluster continuous replication in which the passive copy could be in a different physical location, providing complete site resiliency," added Leedy. "We want to strengthen our business continuity strategy with the highest possible availability. EMC provides that confidence in the storage systems and hardware support they offer."

About Elephant Outlook

Elephant Outlook provides managed business-critical high-availability email messaging and collaboration services to leading companies in the US and around the world. With operational experience and certified expertise, Elephant Outlook provides unmatched levels of availability, performance, and security for companies in the financial, healthcare, and technology sectors including emergency and government agencies. Elephant Outlook serves as an extension to IT operations allowing companies to focus on their core business. For more information on Elephant Outlook and its services, visit www.elephantoutlook.com or call 800-876-1422.

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Source: Elephant Outlook

CONTACT: Helen Knight of King Knight Communications, +1-813-254-4411, or
helen@kingknight.com , for Elephant Outlook

Web site: http:www.elephantoutlook.com